2011 Moscow Victory Day Parade

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Mi-8 helicopters

The Moscow Victory Day Parade in Moscow was held on 9 May, 2011 to commemorate the 66th anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945. The parade marked the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Parade participants

20,000 soldiers and officers^[1] representing all three services of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia), the Federal Security Service (Russia), and the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
1,500 marching band musicians^[1] led by Lt. Gen. Valery Khalilov in his 9th Victory Day Parade appearance
+100 military vehicles^[1]
5 Mil Mi-8 Hip helicopters^[1]
Colonel General Valery Gerasimov – Deputy Chief of the Russian Armed Forces' General Staff^[1] – Parade Commander
Anatoly Serdyukov – Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – Parade Inspector

Mobile Column

Air Column Flypast

Mil Mi-8 Hip Colors Party

References

1 2 3 4 5 "2011 Victory Day Parade in Moscow". RIA Novosti. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Victory day parade rehearsal Moscow 2011". Military Defence and Technology. April 27, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07.

External links

Annual Moscow Victory Parade

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Related	Victory Day (9 May) Eastern Front Great Patriotic War

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